Tom Williams (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  Tom Williams Ice hockey player
Date of birth February 7, 1951
place of birth Windsor , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1971 , 2nd lap, 27th position
New York Rangers
Career stations
1968-1971 Hamilton Red Wings
1971-1973 New York Rangers
1971-1972 Omaha Knights
1972-1973 Providence Reds
1973-1979 Los Angeles Kings
1979 Salt Lake Golden Eagles

Thomas Charles "Tom" Williams (born February 7, 1951 in Windsor , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 426 games for the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings in National Hockey in the course of his active career between 1968 and 1979 League on the position of the left winger .

Career

Williams spent his junior years between 1968 and 1971 with the Hamilton Red Wings in the Ontario Hockey Association . In all three years, the left winger reached over 20 goals and 50 points scorer , so that in the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft he was selected in the second round in 27th place by the New York Rangers from the National Hockey League .

The attacker then switched to the professional field in the summer of 1971, but was mainly used in the Central Hockey League with the Omaha Knights and then in the American Hockey League with the Providence Reds in the following two seasons . During the two years of play, Williams also made his NHL debut for New York and was named Rookie of the Year in the CHL . After 13 missions over a period of two years, the Canadian was with the beginning of the 1973/74 season in the regular squad of the New York Rangers. However, they separated from him in a transfer deal at the end of November 1973 when he was handed over to the Los Angeles Kings together with Mike Murphy and Sheldon Kannegiesser . In return, the New York Rangers secured the services of Gilles Marotte and Réal Lemieux .

With the season already started, Williams spent six seasons with the Californians and proved to be a constant scorer there. His best year was in the 1976/77 season when he scored 74 points, including 35 goals. After his offensive production sank rapidly in the following two years, the Kings separated from Williams in August 1979. They sent him to the St. Louis Blues to settle a transfer deal made two months earlier. Williams could not gain a foothold in the Blues and began the season with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles farm team in the Central Hockey League. After eleven games for the team, he ended his active career during the season at the age of 28.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1968/69 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 54 21st 29 50 18th 5 0 1 1 0
1969/70 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 54 23 27 50 17th - - - - -
1970/71 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 59 43 26th 69 8th 7th 1 2 3 0
1971/72 Omaha Knights CHL 67 30th 34 64 4th - - - - -
1971/72 New York Rangers NHL 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1972/73 Providence Reds AHL 50 20th 27 47 9 3 1 2 3 0
1972/73 New York Rangers NHL 10 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1973/74 New York Rangers NHL 14th 1 2 3 4th - - - - -
1973/74 Los Angeles Kings NHL 46 11 17th 28 6th 5 3 1 4th 0
1974/75 Los Angeles Kings NHL 74 24 22nd 46 16 3 0 0 0 0
1975/76 Los Angeles Kings NHL 70 19th 20th 39 14th 9 2 2 4th 2
1976/77 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 35 39 74 14th 9 3 4th 7th 2
1977/78 Springfield Indians AHL 7th 6th 3 9 13 - - - - -
1977/78 Los Angeles Kings NHL 58 15th 22nd 37 9 2 0 0 0 0
1978/79 Los Angeles Kings NHL 44 10 15th 25th 8th 1 0 0 0 0
1979/80 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 11 1 3 4th 0 - - - - -
OHA total 167 87 82 169 43 12 1 3 4th 0
CHL total 78 31 37 68 4th - - - - -
NHL overall 397 115 138 253 73 29 8th 7th 15th 4th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Williams, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Williams, Thomas Charles (full name); Williams, Tommy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Windsor , Ontario